Robert Parry, the classic investigative journalist, founder and editor of the Consortium News website, has died.

This is a huge loss for everyone who has kept some skepticism about
the propagandistic media onslaught on our conciseness. Parry's writing
was always fact based, well grounded and beyond the usual claptrap. The
Iran-Contra stroy, Reagan's October surprise and dozens of other
political crimes would have been buried had Robert Parry not dug into
them.

[A]s the New Year dawns – if I could change one thing about
America and Western journalism, it would be that we all repudiate
“information warfare” in favor of an old-fashioned respect for facts and
fairness — and do whatever we can to achieve a truly informed
electorate.

Robert's son Nat Parry, who also writes and edits at Consortium News, gives an overview
of Robert's work in his obituary. There was hardly any large political
scandal in the last 40 years, that Robert Parry had not reported on. He
truly made a difference.

A Tribute to Robert Parry: Independent Journalism at Its Best
By Jim Naureckas FAIR 29 January 2018 (via Global Research)Journalism lost one of its most valuable investigators when Robert Parry
died from pancreatic cancer on January 27, at the age of 68. He was
the first reporter to reveal Oliver North’s operation in the White House
basement (AP, 6/10/1985), and the co-author of the first report on Contra drug-smuggling (AP, 12/21/1985).
He did some of the most important work investigating the 1980 Reagan
campaign’s efforts to delay the return of US hostages held in Iran, a
scandal known as the October Surprise.

Hollywood’s Dangerous Afghan Illusion: “Charlie Wilson’s War”. (Legacy of the late Robert Parry)
By Robert Parry Global Research, January 29, 2018Robert Parry, editor and publisher of Consortiumnews.com, passed away on January 27th. The Global Research team pays tribute to Robert Parry and his unwavering commitment to independent and honest journalism. His legacy will live. On January 1st, I sent a short note to Robert Parry. Today our thoughts are with Robert Parry and his family. Robert Parry was a powerful voice, incisive in his analysis of
complex foreign policy issues, with a longstanding commitment to peace
and social justice. To consult The Robert Parry Archive of articles posted on GR, click here. Below is Robert Parry’s incisive and timely April 2013 article on
Hollywood’s slanted interpretation of the Soviet Afghan war. The US
supported “Freedom Fighters” were Al Qaeda. The Afghan Mujahideen were
jihadist mercenaries recruited by the CIA. It was all for a good cause:
destabilize a progressive secular government, occupy and destroy
Afghanistan, undermine the Soviet Union.

“Reagan’s pet “freedom fighters” in Afghanistan as in
Nicaragua were tainted by the drug trade as well as by well-documented
cases of torture, rape and murder.”

Robert Parry’s Legacy is Truth in Media! At this juncture in our history during which independent media is threatened, Robert Parry lives in our hearts and minds. Michel Chossudovsky, January 29, 2018